Tuesday, 17 August 2021

Almost 800,000 Fewer Homes Zero-Carbon Due To Tory Planning Deregulation

Around 800,000 homes have been built to lower emissions standards or without carbon offsets because the government scrapped tough environmental rules six years ago, it can be revealed. Ministers were accused of wasting "years of vital progress" in the fight against the climate emergency, baking in high-carbon housing stock for decades, and driving up energy bills for families. The last Labour government introduced a legal requirement for new homes to be made net zero carbon by 2016, but in 2015 the Conservative government scrapped the plan at the last minute. Read more on Yahoo News.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/almost-800-000-fewer-homes-211700911.html?guccounter=1 

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